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Friend 'last to see Hannah alive' Friend 'last to see Hannah alive'
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A friend of 17-year-old Hannah Foster has described how they waved goodbye to each other after a night out.A friend of 17-year-old Hannah Foster has described how they waved goodbye to each other after a night out.
Winchester Crown Court heard that Helen Wilkinson was the last person to see Hannah alive on 14 March 2003.Winchester Crown Court heard that Helen Wilkinson was the last person to see Hannah alive on 14 March 2003.
Ms Wilkinson told the court how Hannah watched her get on a bus, then waved to her as she started the short walk to her home in Portswood, Southampton. She told the court how Hannah watched her get on a bus, then waved to her as she started the short walk to her home in Portswood, Southampton.
Hannah, 17, never made it and her body was found two days later in Allington Lane in the city. Hannah never made it and was found strangled two days later. Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, 40, denies her murder.
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli denies murder, rape, kidnap and false imprisonment. He also denies rape, kidnap and false imprisonment.
Oxford graduate and PhD student Ms Wilkinson told the court how the pair had been friends since they were 11 years old. Oxford graduate and PhD student Miss Wilkinson told the court how the pair had been friends since they were 11 years old.
One drink
She said they both attended Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh near Southampton, where they were studying A-Levels, sharing the same subjects of chemistry and biology.She said they both attended Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh near Southampton, where they were studying A-Levels, sharing the same subjects of chemistry and biology.
Ms Wilkinson said that they had spent the evening in several pubs in the Portswood area on 14 March. Miss Wilkinson told the jury that she and Hannah had met after college that day and decided to go out for the night to several pubs in the Portswood area of Southampton.
Mr Kohli, 40, a former sandwich delivery van driver, is alleged to have snatched Hannah from the street in the moments after she waved goodbye to her friend to walk the few hundred yards walk back home. She said they visited the Bent Brief and then the Hobbit, where they both had a double vodka lime and lemonade and met other friends.
Miss Wilkinson said it was the only drink they had that night.
She told the court they had arrived at the So bar by about 2230 GMT where they talked about moving on to another bar called Lennon's.
'I waved'
Miss Wilkinson said: "We started to walk there and Hannah said: 'Shall we just not bother?' and I said yes, and we turned back.
"We started walking back into Portswood so I could get a bus home."
The jury was shown CCTV footage of the two girls walking past the NatWest bank at 2243 GMT.
Miss Wilkinson then said they stopped in Portswood Road where they waited a few minutes until the bus which she was going to take was seen coming up the road.
"The bus came, we saw it at a distance, and Hannah decided to start off because she said the bus was coming and she started to walk," Miss Wilkinson told the court.
Nicholas Haggan QC, prosecuting, asked: "As the bus moved away down Portswood Road, did you see Hannah?"
Miss Wilkinson replied: "She was walking down Highfield Lane, and she turned and waved. I waved."
"Did she wave back?" Mr Haggan asked.
Wiping away tears, Miss Wilkinson replied: "Yes."
The jury of eight men and four women were told this was the last time that Hannah Foster was seen alive.
Mr Kohli is alleged to have snatched Hannah from the street in his van in the moments after she waved goodbye to Miss Wilkinson.
The trial continues.